Guthrie and Ray - two biggest disappointments for me thus far. The others I fairly expected to reek, such as Hendrickson and Liz. But Guthrie I thought could at least pitch equivalent to a #3 starter. That he has not even done, and Ray... well, not good. But I'll give him some time due to the injury. Nonetheless, big disappointments and not carrying their weight.

Pete,

Your typing can't keep up with the taters our staff is allowing. In all fairness, I think my grandfather used to say you get what you pay for! A lot of truth in that. We have Two Never weres, Two rookies and a rule 5 claimed pitcher, what exactly should we expect? Walks or Home Runs! I personally think the who pitching to contact theory is bullpucky! Ever heard Greg Maddux talk about pitching to contact? How about Orel Hershiser? Neither over powering guys but don't think they were trying to hit bats! So we slot pitchers, we try to hit their bats and we can't run the bases or do fundamentals and this fanbase at least 74% think Dave is doing a A job??????? I want these folks to do my performance appraisal! When something far less than mediocre is considered A work there is a huge disconnect. But then again, how many of those A voters are attending games that have between 12 - 14,000 fans?

Obviously, the Orioles pitching staff isn't getting the job done as presently constituted and as presently used.
The standard construction of a pitching staff is some starters, some relievers and a closer. One hopes to get a "quality start"-- meaning 6 or 7 innings, and hopes to get some run support, and then hold off the other side with relief pitchers. That is the standard, normal way a pitching staff is built, and that is not working for the O's.
How about a radical new approach to pitching? Have a starting pitcher go no more than 4 innings, regardless of pitch count. Have another ready to pitch 3 more innings, then another to pitch 2 more, and then someone to close.
Know ahead of time that it is not pitches thrown but innings. Tell the starting pitcher there is no reason to pace himself to pitch 7 innings, just 4 and bring the relievers in when the inning count is done. Don't let the pitchers throw their arms off, but tell the starter that he needs to go just 4.
The batters on the other team just get one, maybe 2 looks at the pitcher.
Something radical must be done to win games.....stick with the current plan and you'll replicate the current results. I would assume that if a starter pitches only 3-4 innings, he'd be good to go faster and would need less rest between starts.

The synopsis of your comments appears to be if they don't allow walks, the opposing batter hits a HR.